TY - JOUR
T1 - Learn first, practice second approach to increase health professionals’ nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy
AU - Santella, Madison E.
AU - Hagedorn, Rebecca L.
AU - Wattick, Rachel A.
AU - Barr, Makenzie L.
AU - Horacek, Tanya M.
AU - Olfert, Melissa D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - Health professionals generally have positive attitudes towards the role of nutrition in medicine, but limited knowledge and low self-efficacy for incorporating it into routine care. To assess the effectiveness of a “learn first, practice second” intervention on the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy of multidisciplinary health professionals, the present approach consisted of 16 weeks of online education and 2 weeks of cultural immersion in Tuscany, Italy. Data was captured via online surveys at Baseline, Post-education, Post-immersion, and Follow Up. Repeated measures ANOVA with irregular spacing was used, followed by Dunnett’s or Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel testing. Results indicate significantly improved participant nutrition knowledge (nonzero correlation p =.0136, means score p =.0075) and self-efficacy (T0-T1 p <.0001, T0-T2 p <.0001, T0-T3 p =.0002), with differences in attitude trending towards significance (p =.0764). Findings from this study suggest that a combination of online education and hands on learning experiences can be beneficial for increasing health professionals’ nutrition knowledge, confidence, and potentially attitude.
AB - Health professionals generally have positive attitudes towards the role of nutrition in medicine, but limited knowledge and low self-efficacy for incorporating it into routine care. To assess the effectiveness of a “learn first, practice second” intervention on the nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy of multidisciplinary health professionals, the present approach consisted of 16 weeks of online education and 2 weeks of cultural immersion in Tuscany, Italy. Data was captured via online surveys at Baseline, Post-education, Post-immersion, and Follow Up. Repeated measures ANOVA with irregular spacing was used, followed by Dunnett’s or Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel testing. Results indicate significantly improved participant nutrition knowledge (nonzero correlation p =.0136, means score p =.0075) and self-efficacy (T0-T1 p <.0001, T0-T2 p <.0001, T0-T3 p =.0002), with differences in attitude trending towards significance (p =.0764). Findings from this study suggest that a combination of online education and hands on learning experiences can be beneficial for increasing health professionals’ nutrition knowledge, confidence, and potentially attitude.
KW - Mediterranean Diet
KW - attitude
KW - experiential learning
KW - nutrition education
KW - self-efficacy
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U2 - 10.1080/09637486.2019.1661977
DO - 10.1080/09637486.2019.1661977
M3 - Article
C2 - 31724444
AN - SCOPUS:85075216767
SN - 0963-7486
VL - 71
SP - 370
EP - 377
JO - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
JF - International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
IS - 3
ER -